{"id":82075,"date":"2025-06-12T13:39:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T17:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/?page_id=82075"},"modified":"2025-09-05T11:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:56:15","slug":"minor-in-offshore-wind-energy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/academics\/majors-minors\/minor-in-offshore-wind-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Offshore Wind Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Program Coordinator<\/h1>\n\n

M. Reza Hashemi<\/strong><\/a>
Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering
reza_hashemi@uri.edu<\/a>
401.874.6217 <\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

The U.S. East Coast has a vast offshore wind energy resource that can potentially meet a large portion of the electricity demand of the coastal communities. The first US offshore wind farm was constructed off of Block Island, Rhode Island and several offshore wind farms have been planned by Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and other states in this region. URI\u2019s College of Engineering is in a unique position to promote ocean renewable and offshore wind energy education due to its nationally and internationally recognized marine-related and renewable energy expertise. This minor would be an option for engineering students who would like to focus more on offshore wind engineering. Students can focus on a specific area of offshore wind based on their interest\/background such as foundation, substructure design, fluid-structure interaction (hydrodynamics), micro-siting, and instrumentation\/control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students will need to complete the Offshore Wind Energy minor form and have it signed by the program director. The form must be sent to the College of Engineering Student Success Office<\/a> for formal declaration and inclusion in the student\u2019s file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Required courses for CHE\/CVE\/MCE\/OCE students (9 credits):<\/strong> \u2022 EGR 213G Energy and Environment \u2022 EGR 313 Computational Solutions of Engineering Problems \u2022 OCE\/OCG 513 Ocean Renewable Energy (For CHE students, CHE 347 Transfer Operations I will be accepted as an equivalent for MCE 354 Fluid Mechanics, the prerequisite for OCE 513)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Required courses for BME\/CPE\/ELE\/ISE students (12 credits):<\/strong> \u2022 EGR 213G Energy and Environment \u2022 EGR 313 Computational Solutions of Engineering Problems \u2022 MCE 354 Fluid Mechanics \u2022 OCE\/OCG 513 Ocean Renewable Energy Elective courses (9 credits for CHE\/CVE\/MCE\/OCE students, 6 credits for BME\/CPE\/ELE\/ISE students) \u2013 Provided that the prerequisites are satisfied, a student can select any of the following courses for their minor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foundation focus:<\/strong> \u2022 CVE 582 Marine Geotechnics \u2022 OCG 540 Geological Oceanography \u2022 OCE\/CVE 583 Deep Foundations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hydrodynamics and fluid-structure interaction focus:<\/strong> \u2022 EGR 515 Hydrodynamics \u2022 OCE 421 Coastal Structure Design \u2022 OCE 514 Engineering Wave Mechanics and Nearshore Processes \u2022 OCE 517Fluid-Structure Interactions and Floating Body Dynamics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Structures\/mechanical focus:<\/strong> \u2022 CVE 354 Structural Engineering \u2022 CVE\/OCE 422 Offshore Structure Design \u2022 CVE 460 Steel Structures \u2022 CVE 565 Structural Dynamics \u2022 MCE 466 Introduction to Finite Element Method<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electrical power and energy systems focus:<\/strong> \u2022 CHE 213 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Description<\/strong> \u2022 ELE425 Renewable Electrical Power Systems \u2022 ELE 446X Introduction to Power Electronics \u2022 MCE 341 Thermodynamics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Material science focus:<\/strong> \u2022 CHE 232 Material Sciences and Engineering \u2022 CHE 333 Engineering Materials \u2022 CHE 534 Corrosion and Corrosion Control \u2022 MCE 440 Mechanics of Composite Materials Economic focus:<\/strong> \u2022 EEC 350G Sustainable Energy Economics and Policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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